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Archive Home > 2007 > November > 06 > Its heartbreaking: Head Start struggles to keep up with growth

Its heartbreaking: Head Start struggles to keep up with growth

Program for needy kids has 231 children on its waiting list, lacks space

By Christopher Stollar / The Bulletin
November 6, 2007

This year, Head Start is serving 356 impoverished children from ages 3 to 5 in Deschutes and Crook counties.

Yet 231 more kids remain on a waiting list for the program that provides free pre-kindergarten services to children from low-income families, said Betty Shuler, early care and education....

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